Eleni Artymata ( el, Ελένη Αρτυματά, born 16 May 1986 in

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sprint athlete, who competes internationally for

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Biography

Artymata represented

Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyprus sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Tennis player Marcos Baghdatis was ruled out of the Beijing Olympics tennis tournament due to a wrist injury which brought the country's team to 17 athletes. Archery ...

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. She competed at the

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, where she reached the second round. She won two medals, a

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in the 200 m and a bronze in the 100 m at the Mediterranean Games in

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. She also won two gold at the

2005 Games of the Small States of Europe The 2005 Games of the Small States of Europe, or the XIth Games of the Small States of Europe, were held in Andorra la Vella, Andorra from May 30 to June 4, 2005. Andorra la Vella previously hosted the games in 1991. Administration of the games wa ...

. At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, she reached the final of the

, where she finished 8th. She recorded her personal best in the 200 m of 22.64 seconds in the semi-finals of the same event. At the 2010 European Championships in

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. Artymata finished sixth in the final, improving her own national record to 22.61. Later in 2010, at the

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, Artymata was one of the favourites for the 200 metres title. She was the fastest qualifier in the heats in 23.23. However, she was disqualified after winning her semi final in 23.15, for running out of her lane. The final was won by

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in 22.89. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the semi-finals of the 200 m. That year at the European Championships, she reached the final. In 2013, Artymata won her second Mediterranean Games 200 metres title in Mersin. She had previously won in

in 2009. Her third gold medal in the competition came in 2018 in

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, this time in the 400 metres, in a National record time of 51.19, beating Italy‘s two-time European Champion

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Personal bests

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